This special edition of the Journal of Criminal Law emanates from an Arts Humanities Research Council project which funded the UK-Irish Criminal Justice Cooperation Network.¹ The network is a collaboration between Northumbria University, Queen’s University Belfast and the Association for Criminal Justice Research and Development in Ireland (ACJRD). The aim was to understand the challenges that the UK and Ireland might face, post-Brexit, in relation to criminal justice cooperation, and assist in meeting those challenges where possible. The network held three workshops in 2019 and events in 2020 were moved online due to the Covid-19 pandemic.² A planned conference has been postponed until 2021. Throughout the duration of the network over 70 stakeholders participated in events from a broad range of criminal justice institutions, including police, prosecutors and border control, across Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, along with policy makers and academics. The four papers in this special edition all draw on insights shared by participants of the network events and the authors would like to express their gratitude to those that have generously given of their time over the last two years.

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英国脱欧后英国和爱尔兰之间的刑事司法合作：特别版

这本《刑法杂志》的特别版源于艺术人文研究委员会的一个项目，该项目资助了英爱尔兰刑事司法合作网络。¹该网络是诺森比亚大学，贝尔法斯特女王大学和爱尔兰刑事司法研究与发展协会（ACJRD）的合作。目的是了解脱欧后英国和爱尔兰在刑事司法合作方面可能面临的挑战，并在可能的情况下协助应对这些挑战。该网络于2019年举办了三场研讨会，由于Covid-19大流行，2020年的活动已转移到网上。²计划中的会议已推迟到2021年。在整个网络期间，超过70个利益相关者参加了大不列颠，北爱尔兰和爱尔兰共和国的广泛刑事司法机构（包括警察，检察官和边境管制局）的活动，以及决策者和学者。该特别版中的四篇论文均借鉴了网络事件参与者的见解，作者想对过去两年中慷慨解囊的人表示感谢。